> > So they are available for more than just the Mac. I think the one I
> > bought for my father's iMac (so he can transfer pics from his Mavica
> > camera) was not Mac specific and was supported by Windows and Linux
> > according to the box (but the drive sucks, its PAINFULLY slow to copy
> > data, far slower than the USB bus so the speed isn't killed by that...
> > IIRC, its a "SanDisk" brand drive, but I could be wrong).
> Maybe they are competing with the 1541 for "slowest transfer rate ever".
My dual G4 Power Mac's USB floppy drive wins. Even without Epyx FastLoad, the
1541 is faster at reading and writing, and on top of all of that, there's no
interminable delay waiting for the disk to mount in the Finder. *sigh*
The reason I'm stuck using it is my Star Commander workstation is a little
486 laptop with no (working) Ethernet card, so disk images have to get
sneaker-netted to and from the dual G4.
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Received on Wed Dec 10 2003 - 14:19:18 GMT